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Study: Texting while driving now leading cause of death for teen drivers Texting while driving has become a greater hazard than drinking and driving among teenagers who openly acknowledge sending and reading text messages while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. The number of teens who are dying or being injured as a result of texting while driving has skyrocketed as mobile device technology has advanced. Researchers at Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park estimate more than 3,000 annual teen deaths nationwide from texting and 300,000 injuries. The habit now surpasses the number of teens who drink and drive -- a hazard that has been on a dramatic decline in recent years, researchers say.
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One in four car accidents caused by cell phone use while driving... but only five per cent blamed on texting A recent study from the National Safety Council found that 26 per cent of all car accidents were caused by a driver using a cell phone, but remarkably attributed only five per cent to texting while driving.
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Past Statistics on Texting & Cell Phone Use While Driving 2009 Cell Phone and Driving Statistics. 1  5,474 people were killed and 448,000 were injured in distracted driving accidents. 2  Of the 5,474 killed, 995 involved reports of cell phone use. 3  Of the 448,000 injured, 24,000 involved reports of cell phone use.
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Will these be your last words? Distracted driving is dangerous, claiming 3,477 lives in 2015 alone. NHTSA leads the national effort to save lives by preventing this dangerous behavior. Get the facts, get involved, and help us keep America’s roads safe.
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Background On: Teen drivers March 2017. Talking on a hand-held cellphone while driving is banned in 14 states and the District of Columbia. The use of all cellphones by novice drivers is restricted in 37 states and the District of Columbia. Text messaging is banned for all drivers in 46 states and the District of Columbia. In addition, novice drivers are banned from texting in two states (Missouri and Texas). Many localities have enacted their own bans on cellphones or text messaging.
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- In 2011, 3,331 people were killed nationally in crashes involving a distracted driver. Text messaging creates a risk 23 times worse than driving while not distracted. Drivers talking or texting can miss seeing up to 50% of their driving environment, a phenomenon known as “inattention blindness.”.
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Study: Texting while driving now leading cause of death for teen drivers An estimated 2,700 young people die each year as a result of driving under the influence of alcohol and 282,000 are treated in emergency rooms for injuries suffered in motor-vehicle crashes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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- Individuals who drive while sending or reading text messages are 23 times more likely to be involved in a car crash than other drivers. A crash typically happens within an average of three seconds after a driver is distracted.
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- General Cell Phone Statistics. 1  The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year. 2  Nearly 330,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving. 3  1 out of every 4 car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving.
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Distracted Driving / Texting and Driving Statistics At least one driver used a cell phone in accidents where 12% (385 people) were killed from distracted driving. About 21,000 (5% of all distraction-related crashes) people were injured in accidents where cell phones were used at the time of the crash.
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Driving While Texting (DWT) Each year, thousands of people are injured or killed in accidents caused by texting while driving. One by one, victims of texting-related accidents have begun to seek legal remedies to compensate for their pain and suffering.
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Texting while driving There are about 1.6 million crashes in the US every year involving cell phone use, of which 500,000 cause injuries and 6,000 cause fatalities. Texting while driving is now the top cause of death among teenagers-texting and driving accounts for 11 teen deaths every day in the US. Reading, writing, and sending email or text messages by all drivers when the vehicle is in motion. 2  All cell phone usage by drivers under 18, regardless of license type. 3  Exceptions for emergencies, and for GPS use that does not involve data entry.
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Don't Text and Drive Blog Texting while driving has now surpassed drinking and driving as the leading cause of death among teens, according to a new study. More than 3,000 teens die annually from texting while driving, compared to about 2,700 for driving under the influence of alcohol, according to a study by Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park.
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The 25 Scariest Texting and Driving Accident Statistics 1 out of 4 car accidents in the US are caused by texting while driving. Texting and driving is 6 times more likely to get you in an accident than drunk driving. That’s right, it is actually safer for someone to get wasted and get behind the wheel than to text and do it. It takes an average of three seconds after a driver’s mind is taken off the road for any road accident to occur.
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Distracted driving In 2014, there were 3,179 people killed and an estimated additional 431,000 injured in motor vehicle crashes involv-ing distracted drivers. Ten percent of all drivers 15 to 19 years old involved in fatal crashes were reported as distracted at the time of the crashes. This age group has the largest proportion of drivers
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Texting and Driving Statistics Texting while driving is a growing trend, and a national epidemic, quickly becoming one of the country’s top killers. Drivers assume they can handle texting while driving and remain safe, but the numbers don’t lie. Texting While Driving Causes: 1. 1,600,000 accidents per year – National Safety Council. 2. 330,000 injuries per year – Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Study.
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Teen Driving Issues Project: Cell Phones and Driving 56% of teenagers admit to talking on their cell phones behind the wheel, while 13% admit to texting while driving. 48% of young Americans, ages 12-17, say they've been in a car while the driver was texting. 52% of 16- and 17-year-old teen drivers admit to making and answering cell phone calls on the road.
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States Ranked Highest, Lowest for Teen Driver Deaths According to the IIHS, nearly 18,000 teens in the U.S. ages 16 to 19 died in car accidents from 2006 to 2010. In fact the fatal crash rate for 16 to 19 year olds in the U.S. is nearly three times the rate for drivers ages 20 and older.
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- Dr. Andrew Adesman and a team of Cohen investigators found that while driving between September 2010 and December 2011, among 8,947 teenagers aged 15-18 nationwide, an estimated 49 percent of boys admitted to texting while driving compared with 45 percent of girls. TrafficLive traffic conditions.
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- 1 Teens behind the wheel and their peer passengers account for one in every five deaths to 15 to 19-year-olds in the U.S.  Motor vehicle crashes kill nearly five times as many teens as cancer or poisoning.
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Texting and Driving Accident Statistics 11 teens die every day as a result of texting while driving. According to a AAA poll, 94% of teen drivers acknowledge the dangers of texting and driving, but 35% admitted to doing it anyway. 21% of teen drivers involved in fatal accidents were distracted by their cell phones.
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The 25 Scariest Texting and Driving Accident Statistics 37,000+ people die in automobile crashes in the U.S every year. Every year, about 421,000 people are injured in crashes that have involved a driver who was distracted in some way. Each year, over 330,000 accidents caused by texting while driving lead to severe injuries. This means that over 78% of all distracted drivers are distracted because they have been texting while driving.
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Study: Texting while driving now leading cause of death for teen drivers The CDC reported last fall that alcohol use among teen drivers has decreased by 54 percent since 1991. Texting, however, has quickly grown in the last five to seven years, Adesman said. Fifty percent of high school students of driving age acknowledge texting while driving, said Adesman, chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Cohen.
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Teen Driver Car Accident Statistics Of the young drivers who were drinking and died in accidents, 70% didn't use a seat belt. 2009 Teen Motorcycle Accident Statistics In 2009, 205 young motorcyclists (ages 15 to 20) were killed, and an additional 5,000 were injured.